Torpor

  • 21torpor — ► sustantivo masculino MEDICINA Falta de reacción a los estímulos normales del organismo o de parte de él. SINÓNIMO entumecimiento * * * torpor (del lat. «torpor, pōris»; ant.) m. Med. Entumecimiento …

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  • 22torpor — /tawr peuhr/, n. 1. sluggish inactivity or inertia. 2. lethargic indifference; apathy. 3. a state of suspended physical powers and activities. 4. dormancy, as of a hibernating animal. [1600 10; < L: numbness, equiv. to torp(ere) to be stiff or&#8230; …

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  • 23torpor — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Stupor] Syn. coma, dormancy, latency, inactivity; see stupor . 2. [Apathy] Syn. dullness, sluggishness, apathy, inanition; see indifference 1 , laziness . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [TOR pur] a state&#8230; …

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  • 24torpor — tor|por [ˈto:pə US ˈto:rpər] n [singular, U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Latin; Origin: torpere; TORPID] formal a state of being not active because you are lazy or sleepy ▪ She tried to rouse him from the torpor into which he had sunk …

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  • 25Torpor — Tor|por der; s &LT;aus lat. torpor »Erstarrung, Regungslosigkeit, Erschlaffung«&GT; svw. ↑Torpidität (1, 2 a) …

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  • 26torpor — noun (singular, uncountable) formal a state of being not active because you are lazy or sleepy: stirring the wasps from their winter torpor torpidity noun (U) …

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  • 27torpor — noun the feeling of torpor lingered for weeks Syn: lethargy, sluggishness, inertia, inactivity, lifelessness, listlessness, languor, lassitude, laziness, idleness, indolence, sloth, acedia, passivity, somnolence, weariness, sleepiness …

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  • 28torpor retinae — Eng. Torpor retinae Estado en que la retina sólo reacciona ante luz muy intensa …

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  • 29torpor — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from torpēre Date: 13th century 1. a. a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility b. a state of lowered physiological activity typically characterized by reduced&#8230; …

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  • 30torpor — noun a) Being inactive or stuporous. b) A state of apathy or lethargy. Syn: torpidity, sluggishness, lethargy, languor …

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